Heavyweight Kingsley “The Black Lion” Ibeh (15-2-1, 13 KOs) will ride a ten-fight win streak into this Saturday night’s (Sept. 20th) show presented by Toro Promotions at Gimnasio Nacional Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, the capital and largest city in El Salvador. te and organize the first international pro boxing event in El Salvador. Matchmaker Whit Haydon has put together Toro’s premier overall card, highlighted by five scheduled ten-round fights.” The 31-year-old Ibeh, the cousin of infamous heavyweight Ike Ibeabuchi, hasn’t lost since 2021. The former Canadian pro football player, a native of Nigeria who lives in Phoenix, takes on former world heavyweight title challenger Gerald “El Gallo Negro” Washington (21-6-1, 14 KOs) in the ten-round main event.
During his 13-year professional career, Washington has defeated Robert Helenius, Eddie Chambers, and Sherman Williams, in addition to squaring off against champions Deontay Wilder and Charles Martin, as well as top contenders such as Jarell Miller, Amir Mansour, Adam Kownacki and Derek Chisora.
This show will be the first chapter in El Salvador president Nayib Bukele’s vision to make his country a center for major boxing events. The El Salvador Boxing Federation appointed International Boxing & MMA Consultants, Inc. (“IBMC”) as the national athletic commission overseeing professional boxing and other combat sports in El Salvador. “With El Salvador attracting huge interest and investment to serve as a regional and global hub for boxing, Toro Promotions is honored to spearhead this endeavor,” Toro’s promoter Azat Torosyan said. “We are proud to promo
UNDERCARD
Junior lightweight Austin Brooks (13-0-1, 6 KOs) faces Maxwell Montez in the ten-round co-feature. Brooks, fighting out of San Diego. Brooks, 29, is a slick southpaw, while his Nicaraguan opponent has won 5 of his last 7 fights with one draw.
Undefeated Nicaraguan junior lightweight Nilo Guerrero (10-0, 7 KOs), who now lives in Coachella (CA), meets countryman William “El Chatel” Vargas (9-5, 3 KOs) in a ten-round bout.
Twenty-year-old twin brothers, El Paso (TX) prospects Ari Bonilla (4-0, 2 KOs) and Andrey Bonilla (4-0, 3 KOs), will be showcased in a pair of ten rounders. 2022 World Youth Amateur Champion, Ari Bonilla faces Asbel “Chocolatito” Bolaina (6-3, 0 KOs) at 130 pounds, while Andrey, a 2024 Mexican Elite National Champion as an amateur, meets Isaac Martinez Barragan (6-0, 2 KOs) in the bantamweight division.
An eight-round fight on “Legacy Nights” undercard features California heavyweights Alexander “The Great” Flores (19-5-1, 7 KOs) and Juan Torres (17-7-2, 9 KOs) in a battle of big men. The 6’ 4”, 280-pound Flores will have a decisive physical advantage over the 6’ 1”, 252-pound Torres.
Also fighting on the undercard in six-round bouts are heavyweight Jack May (10-1, 9 KOs) and junior welterweight Samuel Contreras (2-0, 1 KO), respectively, against Abraham Pascual (15-11, 3 KOs) and Cristopher Ramirez Moreno (4-4, 3 KOs).
Card subject to change.
